Folding suit and hat holder.



PATENTBD MAY 7, 1907.

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APPLIOATION FILiED T15R25, 1907.

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JACOB WILLIAM FAUST, JR,

OF MARTINS FERRY, OHIO.

FOLDING SUIT AND HAT HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1907.

Application filed February 25, 1907- Serial No. 359,055-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB WILLIAM FAUsT, Jr., a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Martins Ferry, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Suit and Eat Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a combined hat, coat and trouser hanger, and the invention has for its object to provide an effective hanger that can be folded or collapsed,whereby it will occupy comparatively small space when packed in a trunk or traveling bag.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hat, and clothes hanger that can be readily used for advertising purposes.

with the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and referring to the drawing forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved nanger, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the hanger partly folded, the hanger being illustrated as entirely folded in dotted lines.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved hanger of light and durable wire, which can be nickel plated or finished whereby it will not corrode and will at all times present a neat appearance.

The hanger is constructed of several pieces of wire, one piece 1 constituting the head being bent to form an eye 2, and a forwardly eX- tending portion 3. The eye 2 is employed to suspend the hanger from a suitable support such as a nail or hook. Another piece of wire 4 is pivotally connected to the forwardly extending portion 3, as at 5, the free end of said wire being bent to form a hook 6 adapted to hold the hat.

To the sides of the depending end 7 of the piece of wire 1 are pivotally connected, as at 8, two shoulder supports 9, each support being formed of a single piece of wire bent to provide end sockets 10. The supports 9 adjacent to their pivoted ends are provided with metallic braces 11, these braces being used for an advertisement when the hanger is used for advertising purposes.

In the sockets 10 are mounted rings 12, and loosely connecting with said rings are bars 14 said bars being pivotally connected together as at 15. In connecting the bars 14, I shoulder and bevel the ends of the bars, as at 16, whereby it will be possible to collapse the bars only in one direction. The shoulder supports are employed for supporting a coat and when the bars 14 are in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, a pair of trousers can be suspended from said bars.

When it is desired to fold my improved hanger, the bars 14 are elevated to break the rigid connection, and the shoulder supports 9 folded upwardly parallel with one another. This movement of the shoulder supports is permitted by the rings 12 being loosely mounted upon said supports, and by referring to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the bars 14 conform to a V centrally of the hanger. The hook-shaped wire 4 can be swung inwardly whereby the hanger will form a compact parcel.

It is thought from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, that the construction and manner of manipulating my improved hanger will be apparentand I desire it to be understood that such changes in the size, proportion and minor details of construction, 'as are permissible by the appended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

. What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I In a garment hanger, a head, a hat hook pivotally suspended from said head, supporting arms, each formed from a single piece of wire doubled and having its ends pivoted to the head, the outer ends of said arms bent downwardly and terminating in a loop, rings carried by the loops of said arms, and a supporting rod formed in two sections connected at their outer ends to said rings, and having shouldered ends over-lapping and pivoted together, the inner ends of said rods and the shoulders thereon being beveled, as and for the purpose described In testimony whereof I afifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB WILLIAM FAUST, JR.

' Witnesses:

WALTER J. MORGAN,

GEORGE CooKE. 

